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Old Spanish
Etymology
From vaca (“cow”) + -iella.
Pronunciation
Noun
vaquiella f (plural vaquiellas)
- heifer
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:Al dia ſeteno dixierõ lo ellos aſãſõ. Q̃ es mas dulce q̃ la miel o q̃l es mas fuerte del leon. dixo ſãpſõ. Si nõ araſſedes cõ mẏ uaq̃ella. nõ ſoltariedes mi adeuinãçiella.- On the seventh day, they said to Samson, “What is sweeter than honey? Or what is stronger than a lion?” Samson said, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my little riddle!”
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